About

Man looks down the camera lens, holding a green, 8-string electric guitar


My name is Liam Taylor, I am a musician, music educator and online content creator based in Cambridge, UK. People tell me they enjoy my humorous approach to music education and, contrastingly, my no-nonsense approach to the music industry.

I currently seeking opportunities to build my personal brand, including: appearances on other radio, podcast or YouTube shows; writing featured articles for print or online media; collaborations on or sponsorships for YouTube content.

Some music-related appearances include regular spots on BBC Radio Cambridge with Richard “Spanners” Ready; BBC Upload with Rob Jelly; interviews on the Sound Hole Podcast. Non-musical appearences include Remain Indoors, Why This Film and Prospect’s Future You podcasts.

Musician

Primarily, I am a guitarist but have experienced with keyboards, hardware synthesisers, percussion, lyrics and have orchestrated large-scale and experimental scores.
I continue to write music for and perform in a variety of projects including:

  • Blue Alatar – folk-rock with elements of cinematic prog and sound design. Various albums, E.P.s and singles available on all the usual streaming platform.
  • The Musical Endeavour – started in July 2019 with the One Weekend E.P.: 5 tracks written and released over a single weekend, (we made a documentary about it). I continue to release experimental funk, fusion and lofi hip-hop as The Musical Endeavour.
    • The Musical Endeavour has been featured on Cambridgeshire’s BBC Introducing and Upload programs.
  • The Conversation Hat – I write most of the music for this comdy podcast. In 2021 we released a Mixtape of music from the show.

I also compose for multimedia under my own name:

  • Original score for Type Till You Bleed, short comedy horror film, winning Best Music in the 2022 Dark Hour awards;
  • Score & sound design for 2 short films, featured by The Globe for their Earth Day event in 2021;
  • Original score for audio dramas broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Upload;
  • Audio idents and jingles used on Missed Apex Podcast, The Conversation Hat Podcast and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire;
  • Original music for marketing and video production clients including The Department of Magical Gifts in Cambridge, Mandy On The Moon and Enterprise Consulting (UK) Ltd.
  • I have a library of tracks available on Pond5 for commercial purposes.

Music Journalism

I have a wealth of experience as an independent music journalist, having written reviews, blogs and conducted regular interviews for the last 8 years.

In 2009 I founded Stabbed Panda Productions initially as a live events group. This grew to create educational resources for musicians, and act as a platform from which local artists could promote their material. I continued to write for the Stabbed Panda blog as it grew to become a well respected platform. Before closing in 2023, it became known for it’s monthly Sexy Singles In Our Area blog and the Listen To This YouTube series hosted by Jay Plent, both of which shine a light on independent music talent.

Through Stabbed Panda and my comedy podcast, The Conversation Hat, I have conducted interviews with many musicians including Professor Elemental, Felix Martin, 12Tone, John Wheeler of Hayseed Dixie; as well as with comedians and online content creators including Ashens, Tez Ilyas, Steve McNeil and Tony Law.

I have also had articles published on:

Content Creation

My video production journey started with the LTGuitarist YouTube channel, which I initially used to upload guitar tutorials for my private students. Over the years it’s developed to include professional musicianship advice and music production tips, surpassing 1,000 subscribers in 2018 and continuing to grow. Through this channel, I have become known for a practical, no-nonsense approach to music creation and promotion, encouraging others to hold professionalism, good humor and positivity above everything else.

In 2021 I left my position in music education to become a full time, freelance content marketer – helping other creative projects get noticed online. You can find out more about my marketing practice here.

Content highlights include:

Music Education

From 2014-2021 I worked in music education support: repairing instruments, running live sound and lighting tech; teaching tech aspects of GCSE music using Cubase, Sibelius and Pro Tools. I’ve also had the great honour of accompanying students to perform at The Royal Albert Hall, the Music For Youth Festival in Birmingham and The Junction in Cambridge.

In March 2021 I became a Steinberg Certified Trainer.

Goals, Facts & Stats

I believe that the world needs weird music. It’s my ambition to help musicians create interesting, diverse and thought-provoking music and to help them engage with people who appreciate the music they make.

I am is currently seeking opportunities to discuss the following on public forums:

  • Approaches to music education;
  • Approaches to music composition;
  • Actionable approaches to online music promotion;

My professional goals in doing so are:

  • Publicly contributing to the discourse on underground music promotion;
  • Raising my public profile amongst practicing musicians;

My personal goals are to:

  • Increase accessibility to music creation tools via free, practical and easy to understand online content – tackling snobbery and gatekeepers where necessary;
  • Enforce the importance of professionalism, respect and politeness at all times;
  • Challenge established ideas about the music industry – why are things they way they are? Is that really for the best? etc.

Stats as of November 2024:

  • Twitter followers, (LTGuitarist): 1,200
  • YouTube subscribers, (LTG): 3,500
  • YouTube subscribers, (SPP): 4,100
  • Blue Alatar have spent years in ReverbNation‘s local Top 10 Rock Chart for Cambridge, UK; most of that time has been within the top 3.